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Cloud Computing - Coggle Diagram
Cloud Computing
Cloud Computing Core Drawbacks
Requires Constant Internet: You must have a good internet connection to access applications and data.
Security Reliance: You must trust the provider to keep your sensitive data safe from hackers and breaches.
Less Control: The company has limited control over the physical hardware and infrastructure management.
Vendor Lock-in: It is often hard and costly to move your data and applications to a different provider later.
Unpredictable Costs: Usage fees can quickly add up if resources are not managed carefully.
Risk of Downtime: Service outages or failures by the provider can stop your business operations.
Compliance Complexity: Ensuring the provider meets all legal data rules can be difficult.
Professional Uses of Cloud Computing (Business & Enterprise)
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Description: Providing a cloud environment for developing, running, and managing applications without building and maintaining the infrastructure.
Examples: Google App Engine, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, Heroku.
Benefit: Faster application development and deployment, focus on coding not infrastructure, scalability for developers.
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Description: Renting virtualized computing resources (servers, storage, networks) over the internet.
Examples: Amazon EC2, Google Compute Engine, Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines.
Benefit: Flexible scaling of IT infrastructure without buying physical hardware, cost control, rapid deployment of new services.
Data Analytics & Big Data Processing
Description: Leveraging cloud's massive processing power and storage for analyzing large datasets.
Examples: AWS Redshift, Google BigQuery, Azure Synapse Analytics.
Benefit: Process vast amounts of data quickly, gain business insights, scalable for varying data loads.
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Description: Using cloud-hosted applications for business operations, accessed via a web browser.
Examples: Salesforce (CRM), Slack (communication), Zoom (video conferencing), QuickBooks Online (accounting).
Benefit: Reduced IT management, instant access to powerful tools, automatic updates, subscription-based cost.
Remote Work & Global Collaboration
Description: Enabling distributed teams to access shared resources and collaborate seamlessly from any location worldwide.
Examples: Shared cloud drives (OneDrive for Business), collaborative project management tools (Asana, Jira).
Benefit: Supports flexible work models, enhances team productivity across geographical boundaries.
Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity
Description: Replicating entire IT environments (applications, data, servers) to the cloud for rapid recovery after a disaster.
Examples: Cloud-based backup and recovery services.
Benefit: Significantly reduces recovery time objectives (RTO) and recovery point objectives (RPO), improves organizational resilience.
Cloud Computing Core Benefits
Scalability: Easily increase or decrease resources (storage, processing) as needed.
Cost-Effectiveness: Often pay-as-you-go, reducing upfront hardware/software investment.
Accessibility: Access services and data from anywhere, on any device with internet.
Reliability & Resilience: Services often designed with redundancy to prevent downtime.
Maintenance Offloading: Service providers handle infrastructure updates and management.
Personal Uses of Cloud Computing
Online Productivity & Collaboration Tools
Description: Using web-based software for everyday tasks without needing to install it locally.
Examples: Google Docs, Microsoft 365 (online versions), Trello for personal project management.
Benefit: Work on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations from any device; easy sharing and real-time collaboration with others.
Personal Data Backup & Storage (Overlap with Cloud Storage, but essential)
Description: Storing photos, documents, and device backups securely off-device.
Examples: iCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox.
Benefit: Protects against device loss, enables easy syncing across personal devices, frees up local storage.
Media Streaming & Entertainment
Description: Accessing vast libraries of music, movies, and TV shows stored and delivered from cloud servers.
Examples: Netflix, Spotify, YouTube.
Benefit: Instant access to content without owning physical media or large local files; personalized recommendations.
Cloud Gaming
Description: Playing high-end video games streamed from powerful cloud servers, rather than needing a powerful local gaming PC/console.
Examples: Xbox Cloud Gaming, GeForce Now, PlayStation Plus Premium.
Benefit: Play demanding games on less powerful devices (laptops, phones); no large game downloads or updates.